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As you were for visiting Royals
Meath manager Wayne Freeman has announced an unchanged team from that which defeated Tyrone last time out for this evening’s TG4 All Ireland LSFC quarter final against old foes Kerry in Tralee. The match has a 5.15 throw in time and will be broadcast live by the competition sponsors. That means that Karla Kealy and…
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Selections for Bellewstown – July 4th 2026
5.15: BEAUVALLON (BRIAN HAYES/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.48: PRESS THE BUTTON (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 6.18: BECAUSE – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 6.48: ARDEEN JOY (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 7.18: HITTHEHAYSON – EW – (JOSH WILLIAMSON/IAN DONOGHUE) 7.48: BURNING ABILITY – EW – (GARY NOONAN/EOIN MCCARTHY) 8.18: FORTYSIXNCHANGE (HARRY SWAN/GORDON ELLIOTT)
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Selections for Naas – July 4th
1.22: CONCORDE LANDED (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 1.57: KEKE (BILLY LEE/EDDIE LYNAM) 2.33: CARRY THE FLAG (RONAN WHELAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 3.08: HARRY’S HILL – EW – (SHAY WALLACE (7)/MARTIN HASSETT) 3.44: RANTING LIMA – EW – (DIEGO LIMA/DIEGO DIAS) 4.18: MAI DAHLIA (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.53: CADREVILLE – EW – (NEEVE BENNETT (7)/JARLATH FAHEY) 5.30: SIR…
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Podcast Episode: Put the word ‘Cup’ in the description and excitement is guaranteed
Pip: There is a four-letter word that turns a midweek fixture into a national event, and no, it is not "free." It is "Cup." Mara: Brendan has been thinking about exactly that — the strange alchemy of tournament football, the upsets it produces, and the Irish memories wrapped up in World Cup summers. Let's start…
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Selections for Bellewstown – July 3rd 2026
5.00: ALEX BELARDO – EW – (DONAGH O’CONNOR/JOHN MCCONNELL) 5.35: HIGH MORALS (COLIN KEANE/BILL DURKAN) 6.07: BUCCANEER’S SPIRIT – EW – (GARY CARROLL/IAN DONOGHUE) 6.37: TRADEWINDS (GAVIN RYAN/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 7.10: SPARKY SPARKY (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 7.44: BYE BYE NOW – EW – (SIOBHAN RUTLEDGE/JOHN MCCONNELL) 8.17: JAZZ FOREVER – EW – (ROBERT WHEARTY/PAUL FLYNN)
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Selections for Wexford – July 3rd 2026
4.47: SEVEN TOWERS (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 5.20: OH SO CHARMING – EW – (KEVIN HEALY (7)/DECLAN QUEALLY) 5.50: BELLA UNION – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/JOHN MCCONNELL) 6.20: DOCTOR ELVIS (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 6.52: DONNIE DEVITO – EW – (DANNY GILLIGAN/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 7.25: NOUVOTIC (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 8.00: A SNOW WHITE PARK – EW –…
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Put the word ‘Cup’ in the description and excitement is guaranteed
Life is predicated on a never ending cycle of swings and roundabouts. Sporting or otherwise. For example, if the appointment of Harry Whelehan hadn’t brought down Albert Reynolds’s Government, John Bruton never would have been Taoiseach. If the Irish World Cup squad of 2002 had had the balls to stand behind their captain instead of the…
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Selections for Bellewstown – July 2nd 2026
5.10: PARTY IN VEGAS (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.40: DREAM LEGEND – EW – (LEIGH ROCHE/EAMON DELANY) 6.10: CARVALHAL (NICOLA BURNS (5)/ROBBIE BURNS) 6.41: BIT OF A BUZZ – EW – (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 7.16: SMOKE THEM OUT – EW – (SADHBH TORMEY (7)/TOM MCCOURT) 7.51: KEVIN THE GREAT (JOEY HARNETT (2*)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 8.23: LARK…
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Selections for Limerick – July 2nd 2026
4.10: MINELLA ROCKET (DAN KING/JOHN NALLEN) 4.45: EASTMORE – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/CHARLES BYRNES) 5.20: DADDY LONG LEGS (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.52: LATOPIX (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 6.23: MICKEY COHEN – EW – (FINN TEGETMEIR (7)/NOEL MEADE) 6.58: ILLTAKEHIMMYSELF (CAL HOGAN (7)/ERIC MCNAMARA) 7.33: THE REBEL COUNTY – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (5)/GER AHERN) 8.08:…
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Selections for Fairyhouse – July 1st 2026
5.05: SCANDI NOIR (SHANE FOLEY/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 5.40: I’M SPARTICUS – EW – (SAM COEN (2*)/ADO MCGUINNESS) 6.10: TREASURED ROYAL – EW – (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 6.45: MINAUN VIEW (ADAM CAFFREY/ADO MCGUINNESS) 7.20: KC BEAR – EW – (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 7.55: FAMOUS ENOUGH – EW – (LUKE MCATEER/PAT FOLEY) 8.30: PLEASED (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN)
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